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Postmortem

by The Clever Hans

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kindle1 Very distinctive sound, I Iove the depth of the music, so much to hear. A very well produced and professional album. Excellent.
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1.
Postmortem 08:24
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Postmortem Was it in the veins? Was it the bones of it? What was it they needed to find? I don't know Was it of the body out of the mind? Yes I think so Love buried in the sound Coursing through the veins Buried in the sound of the late great singer of the dance hall era He's singing here tonight The Beatles and the Stones Are buried underground their buried underground Now Ziggy's in the stars Hope it’s not cold, I hope it's not cold out there Chorus Tonight I’m feeling like a Blues soul Tonight I’m running like a lone song I’m (treated) like animal - what? I'm like a Blues soul There’s a black light it casts no shadow on my soul Tonight I’m feeling like a Jew (being persecuted) There’s a black light but it cast no shadow on my soul But you you're so cruel And you well you're so cruel Was it the sound? Did it have the eyes to see? Evidently not Could it be the heart you're feeling? I don't know Was it of the body out of the mind? Beating in the sounds Buried in the sounds Buried in the sounds of the dead rock circus That’s spinning tonight The Beatles and the Stones Are buried underground They're eating my bones Ziggy's in the stars I hope it's not cold I hope it's not cold out there Chorus Tonight I’m feeling I’m running all out Tonight I’m feeling like a lone song I’m (treated) like an animal I'm like a Jew (being persecuted) Say there’s a black light but it casts no shadow on my soul Tonight I’m feeling like a Jew (being persecuted) Well you're a black light but you cast no shadow on my soul Tonight I'm feeling like a blues soul There’s a black light it casts no shadow on our soul But you you're so cruel You you’re so cruel
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1980's 07:21
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1980’s Creatures of the ocean tide Heat wave raging summertime 1976 to 1985 Your mother walks into the room Cold war’s raging on the news There’s something wrong with dad and mum Nuclear families out control Split that atom broken home But we’re too late Divorce is all the rage Rusting cars, amphibians Ageing stars and aliens Sirens of the sea eat me These childish things I cling to In this half life In this half light In this half life Cruelty of the words I find Raging heat of summer time Slept by the ocean Dreamed of the sea Washed our clothes Washed them by the ocean side The raging heat of summer time The cruelty of the words I find Chorus Ghost dress me Ghost dress me Two hearts beating out of synch Cruelty of the words I find In this half-life fall on me In this half life In this half light Creatures of the ocean tide Two feet now on the shore but were not sure Father hides the remote control Press that button save us all But were too late He's already on his way Rusting cars, amphibians A house on fire and skeletons A rich man’s ghost (charred) in every home I found these things I found these ugly flaws Did you too? In this half light Cruelty of the words I find Raging heat of summer time Slept by the ocean dreamed of the sea Washed our clothes Washed them by the ocean tide Dried them in the summer sun The raging heat of summertime Chorus Ghost dress me Ghost help me Two hearts beating out of synch Two hearts beating for the sea (all to see) out of phase In this half-light - you turned on me Two hearts beating out synch - what would we be Two hearts beating out synch - it’s me let me be Ghost let me be Ghost let me be Ghost dress me
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Lotus in the Fire 06:01
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The Lotus in the Fire Pain don’t suffer in silence Bang your head upon this cage Sing your song like you belong outside Like all the other animals Born into this cage your grave The terror of the heart you saved Faith now they’re banging in nails Into this great ape you hate With tooth and claw you pour some more Salt tears into the wounds of all Now you're just like all the other souls Insane - with the sound of the written word Save yourselves A silent bomb a holy song Insane the gospel of the deaf or dead, you're daily bread A weeping prayer of friendly fire ten monks on fire Chorus Send a little message and I know it’s you Light another candle well (while) I know it’s you There’s another lantern burning up the sky tonight There’s another lantern burning up the sky tonight Faith ten Monks on fire I’ve done my time with empty hands The hand that feed you nothing Another lantern lights the sky Your spitefulness it serves you right No chorus song no birds in flight Hang your head in shame again Shed your skin and watch the setting sun The sound of the written word Save yourselves a silent bomb a holy song Insane the gospel of the deaf and weak your daily bread A weeping prayer of friendly fire ten monks on fire Chorus Send a little message and I know it’s you Light another candle so I know it’s you There’s another lantern burning up the sky tonight Ten monks on fire I’d probably listen Angel of darkness in the heart of the beast Strike does the animal strike it in me A messenger of suffering of feathers and grace (grease) Light up another candle in the midnight stars And burn And burn Ten monks on fire I’d probably listen Probably listen
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Pioneers 05:50
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Pioneers I can’t dance with all these animals Because when I dance when I dance when I dance When I dance when I dance I dance like flames And that would be a roast And that would be a roast Because when I hate when I hate I don’t discriminate (I call on this memories past) Stuck on the edge of dream again Caught on the edge of this route to bare my way We're all trapped on this earth Between here and the stars We’re all trapped on this earth So scream at the skies Until they shake in your eyes But you hear nothing Chorus Do you hate me? Do you follow me down? Do you hate me? Do you follow me down? Do you hate me? Do you follow me down? To here in the ground that’s where it ends for me Between here and the stars that’s where it ends for me. I prefer the antelope to the misanthrope Call it a matter of taste because when I hate when I hate I don't discriminate send me the answer to unfold Caught on the edge of strain again I call on the ghost of the memory it haunts me to say We’re all trapped on this earth Between here and the stars And the sun and the skies And you scream at the stars Till they shake in your eyes And you hate do you hate me…still nothing Chorus Do you hate me? Do you follow me down? Do you hate me? Do you follow me down? Do you hate me? Do you follow me down? Here in the ground that’s where it ends for me Here in the ground that’s where it ends for me Between here and the stars we all scream at the stars Till they shake in your eyes We’re all sentenced to life Full sentence of life We laugh at the stars Do you hate me? Don’t care anymore I don't care what they say I'm not here anymore I don't care what they say (We’re) all stuck on this earth Between here and the skies Do you hate me? I don’t care anymore I don’t care what you say I’m not here anymore
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Signal to Noise 04:40
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Signal to noise It’s just the sound of your heart grown old and sick It’s just the shooting stars from loves glorious past They’re just fireworks Another trick of the light Another policy gone Another broadcast tonight Across suburbia It’s just the radio song It’s just the radio It’s just the radio song It’s just the beating of drums a cold heart in attack It’s just oblivion another wall of sound And you’re part of the act A whisper of hope And they set it all up With all arrogance said I’m not bitter at all It’s just the radio song I’m not bitter at all Tune in tune out and noise to signal Chorus She said save me Don’t go into yourself Save me Don’t go into your cell Just give me a signal give me a sign Just give me a signal give me a sign You’re just a brick shit house you’ve got nothing upstairs You got nothing on me It’s just a sucker punch another policy gone Till you figure it out But it ain’t coming back Air strike in attack A love sick letter bomb Tune in tune out and get a signal With all arrogance said I’m not bitter at all And get signal With all arrogance said It’s just the radio Chorus Save me Don’t go into your cell He said save me Don’t go into yourself Just give me a signal just give me a sign Just give me a signal just give me a sign It’s just the radio song (repeat) outro
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The Long Game 08:27
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The Long Game Here comes the rousing speech A gospel of those false beliefs A murmuring of absurdity Pushed straight to the headline news I hear no serenade A one hand clap before we wake Written down in history books On valentines as damaged goods To spread some Christmas cheer up the electric chair Spread some tinsel yeah Anywhere I don’t care Way up high in the sky Raining down your corporate share Come dance with me on crippled feet To austerity Out of tune, off the beat, out of synch, out of time I really don’t mind Suffering in your command The protest marches to the capital The riot police come running around Sharing love and kettling They go round and round And round and round And round and round And round and round And round and round And round and round they go Swallowing voices in your head Round and round Round and round Echoing of what’s been said round and round and round and round Chorus This is the long game This is the long game sir This is the long game This is the long game chief This is the long game This is the long game This is the long Long game Long game Long game Long game Long game Long Game Game I hear the deafening scream Silent void of austerity A cyber arm chair anarchy A sick bed of recovery I see no youthful cause No sound track songs to fill the floor Just products placed across their screens Adverts placed between your ears Buy two for one get the third for free Handing out lobotomies and sound out Come down now who volunteer The police come running out that’s all The protest marches on the capital The riot police come running round Sharing love and kettling They go round and round and round and round Swallowing voices in your head Echoing of what’s been said Round and round and round and round again Of what’s been said Chorus This is the long game chief This is the long game Sir This is the Long Long game (repeat) Outro Game game game Long game Round and round and round and round Swallowing voices in your head Round and round and round and round Round and round and kettling Swallowing voices in your head Round and round and round and round Sharing love and kettling Long……. Game Of what’s been said? Long game
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The Ceaseless Waltz 06:17
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Ceaseless Waltz Driving to sleep Crashing these dreams Been wandering where you been Wandering through these dreams for you Crawling to sleep With a dead man singing in my ear Calling me to wake Calling me to say to you I’d be lying through my teeth If I said I’m going to be alright Alright Down on this ceaseless motorway So low, so low, low, low Chorus It means nothing to me It means nothing to me It means nothing to me It’s nothing, nothing to me That’s what they say, they say, say to me To me, To me Dying with faith I’ve been diving so low It captivates the heart captivates the heart Violence so cruel Silence to rule It captivates their hearts Captivates their hearts Captivates, captivates them So low so low so low….low It means nothing Nothing…to me Nothing to me That’s what they say Say to me To me To me Outro Driving asleep Crashing these dreams I’ve been wandering where you been Wandering through these dreams for you Crawling to sleep Lying through my teeth if I said I’m going to be alright Alright Calling me to wake Calling me to say to you On the useless motor way of lights On the ceaseless sea of lights Trying to stay awake Trying to stay awake Tonight
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Blindsight 05:52
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Blindsight In the red light She says in the monochrome world In the blackout of souls Why are you so slow? It takes an eternity to change your mind One by one they fall down dead One by one they fall down dead Narcissist Waiting in the mirror Well this one this one Is just for you In the mirror With the questions I asked remain Chorus In the glare of summer In raging sun With a fist full of flowers And you throw it all away You throw it all away In the red light In the blackouts Why are you so blind? It takes an eternity change your mind One by one they fall down dead Blow by blow they fall down dead Narcissist Waiting in the mirror The questions remain Narcissist This one This one this time Is just for you Waiting in the mirror With the questions I ask remain Chorus In the glare of summer In the raging sun With a fist fall of flowers And you throw it all away You throw it all away In the red light In the blackouts In the monochrome world In the blackout In the mirror With the questions I ask remain Waiting for me in the mirror Where the questions remain
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Dead Air 05:43
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Dead Air Coded laughter empty vessels Mourning congregation specials Fair weathered friends are leaving Gestures close encountered values Calling all these alien cultures Desperate family feuds are breeding Phone lines empty gossip kings So low left so low Restless waters flow inside me Kiss me for a fist of flowers Dying rooms and empty cells Hospitals and amulets Death charge destination pressures Flowers all arranged in colours Sarcasm reviles all the humour Lay my eyes at rest upon you Can you see me? Can you save her? The body fights Chorus The head fights on All this dead air in the room In the raging sunlight Clouds are drawing across the body Are you leaving? Are you breathing? Are you breathing? Death march is walking slowly Hands are shaking body trembling This could be the worst thing I have ever seen Cloud made you crown me of the darkest power Bearing in the raging sun Clouds are gathering like before Black across this bloody sky Chorus In a raging Give of this dead air - this dead Rain potion Black across this bloody sky And the head fights the bodies gone Oh she sh sh shaking She sh sh shaking She sh sh shaking Shaking (she gone) This is the evening This is the evening Of everything This is the reckoning It’s the evening Between good and bad And lying in dark and known She’s leaving She’s leaving She’s dying and this dead air Fills this room
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The Wake 08:15
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The Wake In the wake In the Mourning These mocking birds sang Now all is fire in the soul In the bones The nightmare of you Maybe I should stay Maybe I should stall Maybe I could stay for a while more You see I’m sad Chorus I will lie in state for you Because you made me sleep with the dead When you lie with me Because you lie to me I will lie in the wake for you I was horrified petrified In the wake In the Mourning These words float around you And all is gone in a day Maybe I could stay Maybe I could stall Maybe I could stay (Maybe I could walk a while with you) Outro But you’re gone but you’re gone I will lie in the wake for you Well you made me lie in the state for you State –because you lied to me when you lie with him I’m in the arms of a psychotic – history Rocked to sleep in the fate of your hate I’m in the arms of a psychotic you know Rocked to sleep in the fate in the hate And you bare your loving arms like a war machine And you bare your loving arms and you lie and hold on me And you made me sleep with the dead and I lie with you And you made me sleep with the dead when you lie with him I’m horrified oh I was horrified by you Yes you, you lied to me It was years ago and your gone now And you’re gone And you’re dead to me And you, you bare your loving arms like a war machine In the wake In the morning And I lie in the wake for you no more And I need you no more I will lie no more for you You In the morning It was years ago now you’re gone Now you’re gone
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Entropy 09:42
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Crawl like this dead air on the radio You should be dancing laughing out of here Now we’re here swallow a tear denied She’s gone like the wind swept in this empty room These blood harmonies sing a serenade Now her bodies gone the head fights on Seep her sleeping tear I am here The stars will rain down on our bodies sleep Eternally you promised me don’t cast me down Follow the ghost Holy hoax Follow the ghost Follow the ghost Follow the host Its entropy it takes us all Its entropy it takes it all Even your god Even this song It’s all gone Chorus Why do you remind me? Why do you remind me? Why do you remind me of myself? I was trying to forget Trying to forget Trying to forget you Trying to forget it all You were trying to erase me Trying to erase me Trying to erase me You were trying to erase me Trying to erase me Trying to erase me from the fall Follow the ghost It’s a hoax It’s a joke A serenade The blood is thin (the same) You cast me down I’m out of time You let me down You promised me This guarantee This god’s angel is suffering Is this your gods plan? I’m out of soul As far as I can see there’s none Follow the ghost It’s a holy hoax It’s a joke It’s a joke It’s entropy it takes us all It takes it all Even your god it’s all gone Even your faith it’s all gone This is gone Chorus I was trying to forget you Trying to forget it Trying to forget it all You were trying to erase me Trying to erase me Trying to erase me…. On who’s authority? Authority Whose authority do you know? I was trying to forget Trying to forget Trying to forget you Why do you? Why do you? Why do you remind me? Why do you remind me? Why do you remind me? Why do you remind me? Of myself of myself of myself Why do you? This hanging tree it waits for thee These black clouds are gathering Finally I already know I already know You took care me Well some of me I’m on my knees I love you Please, please She sleeps a sleeping tear And the death march is marching you out of here It is not poetry An angel wingless specimen Where do I begin?

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This is the second album by The Clever Hans recorded and mastered over the last year.

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released March 11, 2019

Alexander Denovan - Guitars vocals synths bass percussion
Andrew Lennard - Drums electronics percussion
Rob Orwin - Bass
Luke Vinton - Guitars synths

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The Clever Hans Reading, UK

The Clever Hans play a blend of guitar-based music in the genres of Post-Rock, Goth, Indie, Dream Pop, Shoegaze and more.

We are currently in the process of arranging tour dates to promote our second album in the UK for May through Summer when we will be producing and recording new songs

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